welcome to the last word. thank you for being here. airlines cancelled thousand of flights because so many flight personnel tested positive for the coronavirus. how big of a crisis is this for the airline industry? how long might this situation last? thanks for including me. it s a substantial challenge for the airline industry. because this is happening at christmas and new years. no airline wants to be the airline that ruined christmas. the individual effect of this on airlines is small. most airlines are cancelling about 4% of the flights. if that flight that s cancelled is yours it s a disaster. jet blue cancelled about 110 flights on sunday. saying they were seeing an increase in number of sick calls from omicron. a spokesperson told us despite the best efforts we had to cancel a number of flights in addition flight cancellation ands delays remain a